Toy gun



Aug. 13, 1929. J HARRIS 1,724,708

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Patented Aug. 13, `1929.

'UNITED STATES JAMES C. HARRIS, 0F DALLAS, TEXAS.

TOY GN.

Application led January 25, 1927. Serial No. 163,385.

This invention relates to a toy gun and it has particular reference to a toy gun adapted for shooting rubber and other elastic bands, and its principal object resides in the provision of a harmless but interesting toy, having the form and characteristics of an actual weapon, upon which may be placed a multiplicity of rubber bands to be released in rapid succession at a target with remarkable accuracy.

Another object of the invention resides in certain facilities by which itis possible to extend without difficulty the length of the barrel of the gun, to adjiLst the same according to the size and elasticity of the bands comprising the ammunition.

The invention further aims among its objects to provide anovel co-ordinating trigger and band retaining mechanism, whereby with a minimum amount of moving parts, the bands may be released successively with accuracy and precision.

With these foremost objects in View, the invention has particular reference to its salient features of construction and arrangement of parts by which the said objects are attained, and which will become apparent from the following detail description and illustrated in t-he accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal crosssectional view of a toy gun constructed according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary detail View of the barrel extension adjustment, and

Figure 3 is a side elevational View of the gun on which is operatively disposed a series of rubber bands.

Continuing now more in detail with the drawings, it will be noted that while the latter illustrates a facsimile of the revolver type of weapon, the rifie may be imitated as well without departing from the construction ofiparts' employed and herein described.

The pistol grip l and barrel 2 are composed preferably of a: single piece of material such as wood for economy, and with a suitable saw or like instrument, an opening in the form of a slot 3 is made in the breech portion of the body. Within the slot 3 and accurately alined with the barrel 2 is a toothed wheel 4, whose teeth are not directed radially outward from the wheel but whose en ds as they appear at the upper portion of the device in the rotation of the wheel are all directed rearwardly with respect to the barrel 2 as apparent particularly in Figure l. This wheel is mounted to freely rotate upon a rivet, passed through the gun, and is controlled in intermittent rotation by the member 6 serving a dual purpose as a verge and trigger. j

The bands 7 are stretched over the nozzle of the gun and constrained from dis'- location by a notch 8 provided therein, and then placed in the spaces intermediate the teeth` on the wheel 4, the teeth by their character as above explained, serving as .hooks to receive one end of the several The trigger element 6 is likewise formed to define a stop b somewhat below and spaced from the finger a, hence providing a form of escapement mechanism in which both the finger ai and stop b, contacting different teeth of the wheel, (zo-ordinate to control the tension of the bands upon the wheel 4 through a single trigger, which isl equibalanced on the pivot 9. It Will therefore be seen that a movement of member 6' on its pivot releasing finger a; will at the same time cause stop b to approach another tooth.

Consequently, when the bands 7 are placed as described and shown in Fig. 3, and as the wheel andV member 6 are shown in Fig. 1, the linger a contacts the teeth of the wheel 4, which tends to move the finger away from the teeth, and the lower end of the trigger 6 rearwardly, to bring the stop b in contact with teeth in advance of the one released by a.

Each time the trigger is actuated to release the finger w, the removing bands maintain the tension on the wheel, to urge the teeth successively against the stop b, in which position the wheel may be held positively by the operator pressing the lower end of the trigger rearwardly by the linger of his hand. IVhen the operator releases the trigger, the wheel will advance and move the lower end of the trigger forwardly and the finger a rearwardly in a position preparatory to the release of another' band, when the lower end of the trigger is again engaged by the operators finger.

This operation may be carried out as long as a band remains upon the gun, the wheel 4 being alternately engaged and released by the parts a and The barrel extension arrangement illustrated in Figures l and 2 consists as shown of a slot l() along the underside of the barrel 2 and partially therethrough, and through which a number of pins 11 are driven. A metal strip 12 having therein L shaped slots 13 is arranged to be inserted' into the slot l0 in order that the pins ll may be received in the slot i3 and slid rearwardly with respect to the gun body to lock the pins within the longitudinal positions ot the slot to sccurely hold the strip. .Should a larger ruhber band be used requiring greater tension, it is necessary only to replace the metal strip 11 on the pins nearer the end of the barrel 2 whereby theend ot the strip will extend beyond the end ot' the gun.

Manifestly, the construction shown is capable of considerable variation and such variation as is in keeping with the appended claims is considered within thel spirit of the invention.

lVhat is claimed is:

l. In a toy gun a barrel having a slot formedv therein remote from its forward end; a wheel rotatably mounted in said slot and having peripheral teeth formed at a common angle with respect to their respective radii for the reception of elastic bands to be stretched over the end of said barrel, a trigger member pivoted adjacent to said wheel, and spaced contact means integral with said trigger member engageable with the teeth of said wheel to successively hold and release said teeth, and other means integral with said member for manually actuating the latter on its pivot.

2. A toy gun having a barrel and a slotted grip portion, a wheel rotatably mounted in said slot and having peripheral teeth for holding thereon eleastic bands under tension, an escapement mechanism comprising a lever member pivoted adjacent said wheel and having one end engaging the said teeth successively as the Wheel rotates, =a stop device spaced from said engaging end 'for contact-- ing teeth singly when the said end 1s released from the wheel, and the opposite end projecting below the said slot to serve as a trigger member by manual actuation, to release the said engaging end and stop alternate-ly from the teeth and the bands from the teeth.

3. A toy gun having a barrel and a slotted grip portion, a wheel rotatably mounted in said slot and having peripheral teeth for holding thereon elastic bands under tension, a lever member pivoted adjacent said wheel and having at one end a pair of longitudinally spaced Contact shoulders engaging the said teeth alternately as the wheel rotates, and the opposite end projecting below the said slot to serve as a trigger member by manual actuation, to release the several teeth singly from the said shoulders and the bands from the teeth.

4. A toy gun having a barrel and a slotted grip portion, a wheel rotatably mounted in said slot and having peripheral teeth for holding thereon elastic bands under tension between the teeth and the outer end of the barrel and thereby normally actuate the wheel in rotation, a lever member pivoted adjacent said wheel and having spaced portions for engaging the said teeth successively as the wheel rotates, and projecting below the said slot to serve as a trigger member by manual actuation to release the said teeth from the lever.

5. A toy gun having a barrel and a slotted grip portion, the forward portion of said barrel having a longitudinal slot spaced from the slot in the grip portion and the longitudinal slot opening throughout its length to permit insertion therein of a barrel extension, adjustably, the slotted portion of the barrel having spaced, transverse pins positioned lengthwise thereof and said extension having in its upper edge spaced L- notches for receiving therein certain of said pins whereby the outer end 0f the extension may be adjusted toward and from the'end of the barrel, means in the grip portionv for holding thereon elastic bands under tension between said means and the outer end of said extension, and means projecting below JAMES C. HARRIS. 

